I’m a high school junior with about 3 years of wrestling experience, and this past offseason I’ve been experimenting with underhooks. I’m starting to get a feel for the position and the offense you can do from there, like throw-bys, singles, knee picks, etc. My main ways of getting to an underhook are usually reverse wrist control into an underhook, club to to an underhook, or occasionally shooting into the position.The problem is, especially when guys realize I’m looking for the underhook, they start keeping their distance or actively preventing me from getting to it. A lot of the videos I’ve watched focus on what to do once you already have the underhook, rather than the hand-fighting sequences and setups to get there in the first place. What handfighting sequences should I learn to help me get to an underhook against someone who’s actively trying to prevent me from getting one? And are there any wrestlers I should watch who are good at setting up their underhooks? Also, what wrestlers or specific matches would you recommend watching to learn how to set up an underhook and Ideally, I’m looking for matches where both wrestlers are hand fighting hard and one has to work to create openings and get to the underhook instead of a matches where someone gets the position easily or is already dominating from it.
I am 110 lbs and 4'11 and it's my first time doing a sport, like ever. I've been going to open mats twice a week since school started so I know the basic things. (Shooting, mat returns, how to get out from bottom ect...) but I'm super nervous since the girls season starts in 16 days. How do get better as fast as I can? And what moves should I learn?
I dont want to be embarrassed 😅
So we all know that touching the legs in greco is illegal, this includes reaps, foot sweeps, double legs and single legs. But what about using the leg as a block? Like if I grab a body lock, and my leg is just planted there, and I tip them over it, is that illegal?
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Is wrestling actually a popular sport In the US in HS?
My dad got me these, but I don’t want to wrestle anymore. How much could I sell them for if they’re basically brand new?
I want to watch wrestling but I am unsure what is the best way to take in the information and get better from it. I never really watched wrestling with the intention to actually take something away besides entertainment but I want to actually get something from it now. Also I'm looking to wrestle more systematically and less off my head if that makes sense. To elaborate more, I'm picturing like a flowchart for every position and have things based on every reaction my opponent gives. Is this something that is used at higher levels? I know at a point it becomes like an automatic flowchart for your body but I have a good amount of free time and want to kinda optimize every position mentally as I'm still in off-season. So kinda 2 questions here, how to gain more from watching wrestling and does it make sense to adopt a sort of systematic approach to each situation?
So basically I was pretty good(not intended to brag just wanna point out it worked for me at that lower level) in highschool and tended to be stronger and better than opponents so I usually defended with whizzers and hips and tended to like people get in on shots because I was comfortable there. Is this a sustainable way of defense in college. If so any recommendations on who I could watch who wrestles like this at a high level?
Most young wrestlers in my opinion, when selecting their wrestling shoes, their choice is often based on its appearance. Now I’m not saying that choosing one wrestling shoe over the other will make a drastic and huge difference, its certaintly not and never will be something compared to the importance of strength and technique. However, I do think getting the little things right is in the best interest for majority of athletes, especially as the competition becomes more elite — and so, that is the reasoning why I pose my question. It couldn’t matter how the shoe looks or whether what brand it is, all I really care for is getting offered the best possible shoe that can make the largest impact that a shoe could make (which is likely minimal in the grand scheme of wrestling talent).
I’ve been working through a pretty large round of updates for Wrestling Program Dynasty, with a lot of these coming directly from player feedback.
The biggest addition is a new World Rules section in Edit World and pre-game world editor. The goal is to give people much more control over what kind of college wrestling universe they want to play in without turning the game into a full commissioner sandbox.
You can now customize things like:
These aren't just user-only difficulty settings. The rules apply across the entire college wrestling world, including CPU programs.
For example, if you make the roster limit 35 and allow 12 signees per year, CPU schools operate under those same limits.
If you choose the new 5-in-5 system, redshirts are completely removed.
Classes become:
Freshman → Sophomore → Junior → Senior → Grad
Starting rosters in a new 5-in-5 dynasty contain Sophomores through Grads, with the first Freshman class entering through recruiting.
The original redshirt system is still available and remains the default option for anyone who wants to play that way.
CPU recruiting also received a pretty significant overhaul to work with the new World Rules.
CPU teams now respect the same:
I also added a hidden safeguard so that CPU teams should no longer randomly finish with tiny 1- or 2-man recruiting classes when they have plenty of roster space.
If a CPU program has room, it must sign at least three high school wrestlers before recruiting officially closes.
Schools can still finish with fewer than three if they genuinely don't have enough roster space.
A lot of recruiting screens now dynamically reflect your World Rules instead of assuming the old default limits.
So if your universe allows:
the recruiting board, recruiting-opening popup, roster-space counters, signing limits, etc. should actually show those numbers.
Also fixed an issue where withdrawing a recruiting offer gave you the active offer slot back but didn't refund the weekly offer use. It now does both.
College dual previews now include a Pre-Meet OVR Projection.
Before wrestling starts, the game compares the projected starters strictly by Folkstyle OVR and generates:
The weight-by-weight breakdown is collapsed by default, so you can just see something like:
Penn State 27–9 Iowa
and open the detailed projection if you want it.
Once the dual finishes, the projection disappears and you're left with the actual result.
It gives you a nice way to see how the dual was "supposed" to go compared to what actually happens on the mat.
For tournaments where you manually select your team's entrants, there is now an:
Auto Select Top X OVR button.
The number automatically matches however many entries your team is allowed in that tournament. Should make it much quicker to select entrants.
Tournament pages also have a new My Wrestlers tab.
Instead of searching through an entire bracket/event, you can quickly see who you have entered.
Once the tournament is completed, it summarizes each wrestler's finish instead of dumping every match they wrestled.
Examples:
The wrestler's team/affiliation is shown there as well.
I changed how your wrestlers are identified around the game.
Originally they were given a yellow highlighted background. That ended up being way too visually aggressive.
Now your wrestlers always have yellow text.
No yellow boxes or backgrounds.
This has also been extended to more RTC/freestyle screens, including places where player feedback pointed out that your wrestlers weren't being identified at all, such as some World Championship qualification and entry-list screens.
International wrestling strength has also been rebalanced.
USA, Russia, Iran and Japan retain their existing prestige.
Every other nation that previously had 80+ prestige was reduced by 4, while countries at 79 or below were reduced by 5.
The goal is to create a little more separation between the truly elite international wrestling nations, the strong second tier, and countries that realistically shouldn't be producing the same depth of elite talent. This can of course be edited by user, and also changes slightly every year.
Other Fixes
A few smaller quality-of-life fixes from player reports:
There are a lot of interconnected systems in this update, so I’m still doing testing before considering this round completely finished. If anyone finds something that isn't properly respecting the new World Rules — especially recruiting, eligibility, roster limits or offseason progression — definitely let me know.
As always, feedback is appreciated.
Play WPD: wrestling-program-dynasty.com
Attached Below Are Screenshots of New Features!
New Auto Select Feature In Tournament
I know for many wrestlers it's hard to add additional S&C work on your own, because many times elements of it are already included in a standard wrestling practice. E.g., jumps, sprints, calisthenics, circuit training etc. Either on separate days or as wrestling finishers. What do your team typically have you do on this regard?
